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Ashenden or the British Agent
W. Somerset Maugham · 1928 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)
London , William Heinemann , 1928 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Ashenden or the British Agent by William Somerset Maugham. A first edition, first impression copy. William Somerset Maugham was an English writer known for his plays, novels and short stories. As…
Pictures in Colour of Oxford and Cambridge
1906 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)
Oxford; London, Alfred Savage; Jarrold & Sons, 1906-1915. First edition. Cloth. Two volumes of charming colour pictures of Oxford and Cambridge. Two first edition volumes of these collection of pictures of Oxford and Cambridge. Pictures in Colour of Oxford with its University a…
Magnum Bonum or Mother Carey&Apos;S Brood
Charlotte M Yonge · 1879 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1879. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Charlotte M Yonge's novel in three volumes. The first edition of this work, complete in three volumes. With two advertising leaves to rear vol. III. Complete with half titles.Continuous pagination.Vi…
The Silkworm
Robert Galbraith · 2014 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)
Great Britain, Sphere, 2014 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the second novel from the Cormoran Strike series by J. K. Rowling using her pseudonym. First edition of The Silkworm in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. By J. K. Rowl…
Soldier from the Wars Returning
Jerrard Tickell · 1942 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)
London, Chapman and Hall Ltd. 1942 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this war inspired novel in the scarce original dust wrapper. First edition of Soldier from the Wars Returning by Jerrard Tickell in the original publisher's cloth binding and scarce uncli…
The Diaghilev-Lifar Library from Sotheby&Apos;S
Sotheby's · 1975 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)
Monaco, Sotheby's , 1975. Cloth. A scarce auction catalogue for sales from the library of the Diaghilev-Lifar Library. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout. The auction catalogue from Sotheby's for the sale of items from the library of the Diaghilev-Lifar from 28th to 3…
Cobbett&Apos;S Legacy to Parsons
William Cobbett · 1835 · Rooke Books
£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,593)
London, None, 1835. Cloth. A fourth edition of this important pamphlet discussing the Established Church in Britain. Fourth edition. Six letters addressed to the Church Parsons questioning different ideologies. The questions reference the Established Church, the Dissenters, the …
Staffordshire Porcelain
Geoffrey Godden · 1983 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
London, Granada, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated work on Staffordshire porcelain. First edition. Illustrated throughout with over 730 black and white photographs and 24 colour plates. Collated complete. A study of Staffordshire porcelai…
The Spectator
[Joseph Addison]; [Richard Steele]; [Various] · 1711 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)
London, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, c1753. Leather. A complete set of the popular short-lived periodical by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, complete with a frontispiece to each volume. Complete in eight volumes.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume.'The Spec…
Sylvie and Bruno
Lewis Carroll · 1889 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)
London , Macmillan and Co. 1889. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Lewis Carroll's final novel, with forty six illustrations by Punch illustrator Harry Furniss. A first edition of Lewis Carroll's final novel, with forty six illustrations by Punch illustrator Har…
The Robert Louis Stevenson Originals
E. Blantyre Simpson · 1912 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)
London, T. N. Foulis, 1912. First edition. Cloth. An first edition of this illustrated biography of Robert Louis Stevenson. A first edition copy of this interesting biography of Victorian author Robert Louis Stevenson. With thirty one plates, including one folding plate, collate…
An Unofficial Rose
Iris Murdoch · 1962 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of Iris Murdoch's sixth novel, 'An Unofficial Rose&apos. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Iris Murdo…
The Greatest Plague of Life: Or the Adventures of a Lady in Search of a Good Servant
The Brothers Mayhew [Augustus Mayhew; Henry Mayhew] · 1847 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)
London, David Bogue, 1847 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Mayhew's satirical and humorous novel, illustrated throughout by George Cruikshank. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and eleven further plates, all the work of prolific British car…
The Sailor&Apos;S Sea-Book a Rudimentary Treatise on Navigation
James Greenwood · 1894 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)
London , Crosby Lockwood & CO, 1894. Cloth. A bright edition of The Sailor's Sea-Book A Rudimentary Treatise on Navigation, with colour plates. A later edition of The Sailor's Sea-Book A Rudimentary Treatise on Navigation. This volume guides the reader on finding the …
September Roses
Andre Maurois; Gerard Hopkins [trans.] · 1958 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)
London, The Bodley Head, 1958 . Cloth. The first UK edition of this translation of Andre Maurois's novel in the original dust wrapper. First UK edition and English translation of September Roses by Andre Maurois in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped d…
A Note in Music
Rosamond Lehmann · 1930 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1930 . Cloth. The scarce first Services Library edition of Rosamund Lehmann's second novel in the original dust wrapper. Early edition of A Note in Music by Rosamond Lehmann in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper.Â…
Travels and Researches Among the Lakes and Mountains of Eastern and Central Africa
J. Frederic Elton; H. B. Cotterill [ed.] · 1968 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
London, Frank Cass & Co. 1968. Cloth. A new impression of the travel journals of Frederic Elton, giving an account of his exploration and anti-slave trade work in Africa. A new impression of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to th…
The Works of Monsieur de Moliere, Volume the Fifth
Moliere [Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]; John Ozell [trans.] · 1714 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)
London, Bernard Lintott, 1714 . First edition. Leather. The fifth volume only of John Ozell's six volume prose translation of the works of French playwright Moliere. A smart single volume of the first collected English translation of Moliere's works. This fifth volume …
A Short View of the Profaneness and Immorality of the English Stage
Jeremy Collier · 1738 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)
London, Samuel Birt; Thomas Trye, 1738 . Leather. A very smart copy of Jeremy Collier's influential argument against the English stage, which he believed undermined public morality and promoted vice. Theatre critic Jeremy Collier argues against the immorality and lack of po…
Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses
Thomas Hardy · 1922 · Rooke Books
£62.00 (€74.32 | $81.91 | ¥13,076)
London , Macmillan and Co. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this poetry anthology by Thomas Hardy. A first edition copy of Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses by Thomas Hardy. This anthology of poetry contains the works Weathers, Summer Sche…